DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 59.1 - - 58.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 11 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1084 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 1973 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1049 - - 2341 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 106 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 309 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -316 - - -1385 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 2289 - - 2322 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -6025 - - -4599 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 7998 - - 5536 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 100 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 59.1 - - 58.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 52.4 - - 51.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 59.2 - - 59.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 51.7 - - 51.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 11 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1084 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 101 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98759 6 215 4 273 98759 91386 11 244 4 239 91386 85657 12 238 8 246 85657 80874 9 256 6 260 80874 76742 12 253 11 276 76742 73092 15 253 17 273 73092 69805 14 264 16 258 69805 66789 17 265 13 268 66789 63993 17 281 18 284 63993 61290 18 280 19 283 61290 58469 34 290 29 290 58469 55552 43 277 37 282 55552 52782 47 272 44 286 52782 50301 54 284 51 289 50301 48084 70 286 58 292 48084 46073 85 281 78 287 46073 44239 93 280 88 281 44239 42553 100 278 91 280 42553 40981 105 275 93 281 40981 39500 104 274 95 281 39500 38100 103 276 97 283 38100 36746 103 276 98 284 36746 35368 100 277 98 287 35368 33939 94 278 96 288 33939 32462 87 273 93 286 32462 30921 84 269 90 282 30921 29301 84 268 86 282 29301 27602 83 267 81 284 27602 25824 83 267 78 285 25824 23970 82 269 75 284 23970 22042 79 271 71 281 22042 20033 76 271 68 279 20033 17935 73 272 68 280 17935 15794 69 276 72 281 15794 13735 60 277 62 290 13735 11873 47 274 52 306 11873 10230 33 290 33 312 10230 8776 38 302 23 304 8776 7486 40 304 21 307 7486 6345 30 301 16 319 6345 5339 20 295 13 329 5339 4455 15 295 13 331 4455 3677 14 295 15 329 3677 2982 11 299 16 322 2982 2368 9*307 14 311 2368 1857 9*309 12 306 1857 1465 8 309 11 304 1465 1195 7 310 10 302 1195 1030 7 309 8*301 1030 937 5 308 5*299 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography